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Complete Trial Victory Achieved for Brocade

Team Effort Results in $112 Million Damage Award for Patent Infringement and Trade Secret Misappropriation

August 7, 2012

In Depth

SILICON VALLEY (August 7, 2012) — International law firm McDermott Will & Emery LLP played a leading role in achieving a complete trial victory for Firm client Brocade in the United States Court for the Northern District of California.

The McDermott litigation team, lead by Intellectual Property Litigation partner Fabio Marino, represented Brocade in the case against A10 Networks, Inc. (A10). After a 14-day trial, the jury awarded Brocade a complete victory, finding for the company on every count. The verdict was announced late in the day on Monday, August 6th.

Specifically, the jury award included over $111 million in damages for patent and copyright infringement, trade secret misappropriation and intentional interference with contract, as well as $1 million in punitive damages against the company and its CEO Lee Chen.

The trial win was a joint effort as McDermott worked alongside Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP partner Annette Hurst and her team as well as Allen Ruby of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.

With more than 200 lawyers and patent agents around the world, McDermott’s Intellectual Property practice is renowned for its broad trial, appellate, prosecution and transaction experience. Members of the practice hold degrees in a wide variety of technical fields and are uniquely capable of handling intellectual property matters in virtually every technical or scientific discipline. For example, more than 140 members of McDermott’s intellectual property team hold technical and/or scientific degrees and more than 100 are registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). McDermott’s Intellectual Property practice includes numerous lawyers with valuable industry experience as well as former USPTO examiners and petition specialists.

About McDermott Will & EmeryMcDermott Will & Emery is a premier international law firm with a diversified business practice. Numbering more than 1,000 lawyers, we have offices in Boston, Brussels, Chicago, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Miami, Milan, Munich, New York, Orange County, Paris, Rome, Silicon Valley and Washington, D.C. Extending our reach to Asia, we have a strategic alliance with MWE China Law Offices in Shanghai.